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>>>the big storm system that brought
extreme weather
to most of the country this week on its way east. it continues to move to the
east coast
tonight with snow and ice storms still trailing it across parts of the midwest. in the south, violent thunderstorms and tornadoes have left a lot of destruction behind. nbc's gabe gutierrez has the report from
mississippi
tonight.

>> reporter: the man who shot the video says he watched his friend's house disappear. fortunately no one was home.

>>the folks that are here that have lost everything that they have, it can't get much worse for them.

>> reporter: the storms that killed one person and injured five in
mississippi
thursday were part of a massive system that stretched from canada to the
gulf of mexico
.

>>we have been tracking the storm complex for four days across the plains and the southeast. the tornadoes that touched down here in
mississippi
, they have done significant damage and the
wind speeds
would have to be at least 120 miles per hour to do this kind of damage.

>> reporter: irvin hill was sleeping in his
mobile home
when a tornado lifted and tossed the structure.

>>everything went up together. it went up in the sky. next thing i knew i landed out there up under that tree.

>> reporter: heavy storms claimed two more lives in nebraska and missouri before they dumped hail and ripped off roofs near atlanta. today in huntsville, alabama, the hum of chainsaws as the
national weather service
confirmed two tornadoes there.